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Title: Temperature of shocked plastic bonded explosive PBX 9502 measured with spontaneous Stokes/anti-Stokes Raman

Abstract

Raman spectra and velocimetry of shocked PBX 9502 (plastic bonded explosive composed of 95% triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) and 5% 3M Company Kel F-800 polymer binder) are reported with the Stokes/anti-Stokes ratio used to determine temperature after the shock reflects from a lithium fluoride window. Final pressures up to 14.5 GPa were tested, but the pressure induced absorption of TATB caused the Raman signal to decrease exponentially with pressure. The reflected shock temperature could be determined to 7 GPa, with an average increase of 14.9 K/GPa. Suggestions to adapt the technique to permit thermometry at higher temperatures are discussed, as are comparisons to a recently proposed equation of state for PBX 9502.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1481130
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1417941
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-30515
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Explosives; PBX 9502; shock; temperature; Raman

Citation Formats

Mcgrane, Shawn David, Aslam, Tariq Dennis, Pierce, Timothy Henry, Hare, Steven John, and Byers, Mark Ellis. Temperature of shocked plastic bonded explosive PBX 9502 measured with spontaneous Stokes/anti-Stokes Raman. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5016287.
Mcgrane, Shawn David, Aslam, Tariq Dennis, Pierce, Timothy Henry, Hare, Steven John, & Byers, Mark Ellis. Temperature of shocked plastic bonded explosive PBX 9502 measured with spontaneous Stokes/anti-Stokes Raman. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016287
Mcgrane, Shawn David, Aslam, Tariq Dennis, Pierce, Timothy Henry, Hare, Steven John, and Byers, Mark Ellis. 2018. "Temperature of shocked plastic bonded explosive PBX 9502 measured with spontaneous Stokes/anti-Stokes Raman". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016287. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1481130.
@article{osti_1481130,
title = {Temperature of shocked plastic bonded explosive PBX 9502 measured with spontaneous Stokes/anti-Stokes Raman},
author = {Mcgrane, Shawn David and Aslam, Tariq Dennis and Pierce, Timothy Henry and Hare, Steven John and Byers, Mark Ellis},
abstractNote = {Raman spectra and velocimetry of shocked PBX 9502 (plastic bonded explosive composed of 95% triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) and 5% 3M Company Kel F-800 polymer binder) are reported with the Stokes/anti-Stokes ratio used to determine temperature after the shock reflects from a lithium fluoride window. Final pressures up to 14.5 GPa were tested, but the pressure induced absorption of TATB caused the Raman signal to decrease exponentially with pressure. The reflected shock temperature could be determined to 7 GPa, with an average increase of 14.9 K/GPa. Suggestions to adapt the technique to permit thermometry at higher temperatures are discussed, as are comparisons to a recently proposed equation of state for PBX 9502.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5016287},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1481130}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 4,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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